Thengai Chaadam (Coconut Rice)

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	320g / 11oz	Rice
1 teaspoon	5ml	Sugar
		Salt - to taste
		For Seasoning
1 teaspoon	5ml	Black mustard seeds
1 teaspoon	5ml	Black gram dal
1 teaspoon	5ml	Bengal gram dal
4		Red chiles - broken
2		Green chiles - cleaned and chopped
2 sections		Curry leaves - cleaned and chopped
1 tablespoon	15ml	Cashew nuts - broken
2 tablespoons	30ml	Black gram dal
		(cleaned and soaked for 1/2 hour)
1		Coconut - grated
2 tablespoons	30ml	Oil
2 tablespoons	30ml	Ghee

Recipe Instructions

Cook rice until just done. Spread on a flat dish. Add salt and sugar, then allow to cool. Heat oil and add mustard seeds, black gram dal, Bengal gram dal and red chiles. When brown, add green chiles, curry leaves, cashew nuts, soaked and drained black gram dal and grated coconut. Fry until coconut is pink in color and pour over rice. Add ghee and mix well and serve.

Source:
Southern Delights by Parwathy Akhileswaran

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